Rocky and I had been together 12 years — what would happen to him, to us?

My name is Maria*. I have been living in the U.S. for 14 years, but now I am in immigration detention in Illinois. It is painful and exhausting when you don’t have anyone’s support. Being incarcerated because of this country’s immigration laws can be terrifying, and

by Rachel Prandini, Staff Attorney, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) Image Credit: John Moore/Getty Images Last week I spent the day at a “short-term” Customs & Border Protection (CBP) detention facility on the border in California. I was there to interview children who had recently been apprehended by CBP about

But I want you to know that I have the courage to keep going.

The Office of Refugee Resettlement is turning its back on the children for whom they are responsible.

Separating Families Is the Real Crime, by Christina Mansfield The Mansfield Family Reunited Across generations, my family knows the pain of separation. My mother Roberta surrendered her first-born child Josh for adoption in 1970. Every person with authority in her life convinced her that she could not have a child

Pero yo estoy preso, privado de mi libertad.

They threatened me, saying, “We will take away your children."

That hour became 10 hours in the plane, shackled.